Transfer Your Credits to Southern Miss!

Southern Miss allows you to transfer up to 90 credit hours from an accredited institution; in many cases, that’s as much as 75% of your degree!

Online at Southern Miss has been ranked as the most affordable online college in the nation. Our tuition is less than the national average for undergraduate degrees. For a full breakdown of our tuition pricing, click here!

We have scholarships that are created specifically for transfer students! Two of the best scholarships that we offer transfer students are the Transfer Academic Scholarship and the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Scholarship.

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship

• PTK is currently $6,000 for 2 years ($3,000 per consecutive fall/spring semester) –
• PTK cannot stack with Transfer Academic Scholarships but can be stacked with other transfer designation-based scholarships
• Transfer designation-based scholarships include: Phi Theta Kappa Officer, Phi Theta Kappa All-Academic First State/National Team Scholarship, and Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award Scholarship (list needs to be updated on your website)
• Completed (or in the process of completing) 48 credit hours, but has not exceeded 119 credit hours
• Must be a member of PTK Honor Society with a 3.25 cumulative college GPA
• Documentation Required: Certificate or proof of membership must be submitted by the appropriate deadline

Transfer Academic Scholarship

• Student can earn a $2,000 scholarship per semester with a total value of $4,000-$8,000 depending on transfer credit hours.

Transferring from Community/Junior College

• Students with 48-89 cumulative transfer credit hours will receive the scholarship for 2 years (4 fall/spring semesters).
• Students with 90-119 cumulative transfer credit hours will receive the scholarship for 1 year (2 fall/spring semesters).
• Students with a cumulative college transfer GPA of 3.0 or above are eligible.
• Students transferring from any accredited institution are eligible.
• Can be stacked with the PTK Scholarship, Mississippi All-Academic First State/National Team Scholarship, Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award Scholarship, and Mississippi Community/Junior College President’s Scholarship.

Transferring from a University

• Students with less than 48 cumulative transfer credit hours from a four-year institution will receive the scholarship for 3 years (6 fall/spring semesters).
• Students with 48-89 cumulative transfer credit hours from a four-year institution will receive the scholarship for 2 years (4 fall/spring semesters).
• Students with 90-119 cumulative transfer credit hours from a four-year institution will receive the scholarship for 1 year (2 fall/spring semesters)

For more information on transfer scholarships, click here.

Financial Aid

Along with scholarships, online students can also receive financial aid for their tuition. FAFSA and MTAG are two good options for transfer students seeking financial aid.

For more information on how to apply for these scholarships or financial aid, please contact Devin Chadwick at Devin.Chadwick@usm.edu or 601-266-6636!

Testing for online students may include proctored exams. These proctored exams can be done on our Hattiesburg or Gulf Coast campus.

If that is not convenient for you, you may locate the nearest community college, college, university, the local superintendent of education’s office, a public library, or an educational testing/tutoring facility.

If a testing facility is not available to you, online proctoring may be an option through SmartProctoring.

Proctored exams fees may apply.